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Date:      Sun, 7 Apr 2013 00:24:05 -0400
From:      Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com>
To:        Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, "Ronald F. Guilmette" <rfg@tristatelogic.com>
Subject:   Re: Power switch not working
Message-ID:  <20832.62693.876718.593331@jerusalem.litteratus.org>
In-Reply-To: <20130407060507.76fd8bd1.freebsd@edvax.de>
References:  <2317.1365306718@server1.tristatelogic.com> <20130407060507.76fd8bd1.freebsd@edvax.de>

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Polytropon writes:
>  > But running FreeBSD seems to
>  > cause it (the case power switch) to be ignored.
>  
>  Check the BIOS settings, the switch should be programmed to
>  something like "soft power-off", it's "the other thing" to
>  whatever caption has been chosen for "immediately power
>  off" (forced by the 4 second press).

	Also make sure you are running the latest BIOS update, and that
this is not a known issue for the motherboard.
	(I have a FreeBSD-only system that cannot do "shutdown -r"
correctly.  If I ever figure out a way to flash the BIOS from within
FreeBSD ....)

	Respectfully,


				Robert Huff




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